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WHITECHAPEL, CATTLE DECAPITATION, GOATWHORE And ALLEGAEON Join Forces For METAL BLADE RECORDS' 35th-Anniversary Tour

To commemorate Metal Blade Records' 35th anniversary in 2017, four bands from the label's much-celebrated roster will come together for a special U.S. tour this March: WHITECHAPEL, CATTLE DECAPITATION, GOATWHORE and ALLEGAEON. The tour will run from February 22 in Boston, Massachusetts through March...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW Announces U.K. Tour

Following the triumphant sold-out show at the Birmingham Genting Arena earlier this year, Kennedy Street and Kilimanjaro have announced Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW will be returning to tour the U.K. in June 2017. The very special opening night will see them headlining the second annual Stone Free Fe...

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2CELLOS Release Cover Of QUEEN's 'The Show Must Go On' As Tribute To FREDDIE MERCURY

Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, the Croatian cello duo known as 2CELLOS, has released a music video for their version of the QUEEN classic "The Show Must Go On" as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, who passed away 25 years ago. The world may be coming to an end in their new video, but even ...

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BREAKING BENJAMIN Announces January 2017 Tour Dates; Special BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

BREAKING BENJAMIN has announced a new run of U.S. dates in support of its 2015 album, "Dark Before Dawn". The trek will kick off on January 10 in Silver Spring, Maryland and will conclude two and a half weeks later, on January 28 in Cleveland, Ohio. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on T...

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Listen To New RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Cover QUEEN's 'Innuendo' With LORDS OF BLACK

Spanish melodic progressive metal masters LORDS OF BLACK — who feature in their ranks new RAINBOW singer Ronnie Romero — recorded a cover version of the QUEEN classic "Innuendo" during the sessions for their second album, "II". The track, which was released as a bonus cut with the new disc, can be s...

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QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT: Trailer For 'Live in Japan' DVD, Blu-Ray

"Queen + Adam Lambert - Live in Japan" will be released in Japan on December 20, 2016. This multi-format release captures the band's headliner performance that took place on August 17, 2014 at Marine Stadium, the main stage of Japan's largest rock festival, Summer Sonic, in its entirety. The combina...

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Box Set From Grunge Pioneers MOTHER LOVE BONE Lands On Five Charts

According to Billboard.com, "Mother Love Bone: On Earth As It Is", a reissue set of works from Seattle rock band MOTHER LOVE BONE, debuts on five charts dated November 26, including Top Rock Albums, where it bows at No. 28 with 3,000 copies sold. The collection was made available on November 4 throu...

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ROGER TAYLOR Says It's 'Quite Possible' QUEEN Will Make New Music With ADAM LAMBERT

QUEEN drummer Roger Taylor says it is "quite possible" that the band will record new music with "American Idol" finalist Adam Lambert. Lambert, Taylor and guitarist Brian May first shared the stage during "American Idol" in May 2009 for a performance of "We Are The Champions". They teamed up again i...

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POP EVIL Announces 'Rock 'N' Roll Now Tour: Right Now'; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

POP EVIL has announced a new, highly anticipated 2017 headlining tour, "Rock 'N' Roll Now Tour: Right Now", with support from RED SUN RISING and BADFLOWER. The tour kicks off in Louisville, Kentucky on January 10, 2017 and wraps on February 24, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET p...

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Box Set From Grunge Pioneers MOTHER LOVE BONE Due In November

"Mother Love Bone: On Earth As It Is", a reissue set of works from Seattle rock band MOTHER LOVE BONE, will be made available on November 4 through UMC (via Stardog Records). MOTHER LOVE BONE was established in 1988 by ex-GREEN RIVER members Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather and Stone Gossard, ex-MALFUN...

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DISTURBED Singer Blasts RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'It Almost Isn't Letting The Dead Be Dead'

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman says that he has mixed feelings about the hologram of Ronnie James Dio, which made its debut at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on August 6. Created by Eyellusion, the surprise appearance of the heavy metal icon during DIO DISCIPLES' set closed out the massiv...

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STATUS QUO Manager Says RICK PARFITT 'Died' For Several Minutes Following His Heart Attack

STATUS QUO has announced that guitarist Rick Parfitt has been ordered to rest for the remainder of the year at the very least following on from his heart attack and associated complications following a QUO show in Turkey on June 14. This means, of course, that he will be unable to take part in the ....

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Late QUEEN Frontman FREDDIE MERCURY Awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque

English Heritage celebrated the life and career of Freddie Mercury today (September 1) with a blue plaque at the singer and songwriter's first home in England, a modest, inter-war terrace house in Feltham, West London. Freddie's parents bought the house in 1964 after the family left Zanzibar for the...

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PANTERA, L.A. GUNS, BUTCHER BABIES Members Perform 'Ace Of Spades' At Ultimate Jam Night's Tribute To LEMMY

Ultimate Jam Night, the long-running free weekly music program founded by QUIET RIOT's Chuck Wright, held a "Tribute To Lemmy" honoring the famed leader of MOTÖRHEAD on Tuesday, August 23 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. Video footage of Rex Brown (PANTERA, KILL DEVIL HILL),Trac...

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QUIET RIOT, Ex-PANTERA, DIO, SKID ROW, W.A.S.P. Members To Take Part In Ultimate Jam Night's Tribute To LEMMY

Ultimate Jam Night, the long-running free weekly music program founded by QUIET RIOT's Chuck Wright, announced plans to hold a "Tribute To Lemmy" honoring the famed leader of MOTÖRHEAD on Tuesday, August 23 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. The show will be free. For the "Tribute...